Hi I have deleted Linux partitions from within Windows / but I have made a mess of it.When I boot up now I get a screen showing this message:- error: no such partitions. grub rescue>The curser is blinking / awaiting some input / but I am completely lost I cant even boot into Windows.As holes go I have dug my self into a deep one / I am new to LINUX and everything is a learning curve at the moment.I really need to FORMAT the disk and start again / or is there an easier way.

It sounds like you originally set up your dual boot using the Install alongside Windows option. So when you deleted the Linux partitions within Windows, the Linux boot handler/manager was deleted as well.

I don't think Windows Disk Manager allows you to remove the Windows system partition. If that is the case, then your Windows installation should still be there. You just can't select it now because there is no boot selector/handler/manager.

If all of the above is true, then what firenice03 said is good advice. Boot to the Linux Lite 2.6 Live Media and go through the install process. Hopefully you'll see the Install Alongside Windows option. Take that option, if it's there, and proceed.

Hi all Thanks for the suggestions I decided to take a chance and boot from a live DVD / It installed and I am now running L.Lite 2.6 / but I have lost my windows installation / and the partitions it was on have been used by Linux / plus I have lost about 4GB of disk space.During setup there was no option to install alongside Windows and there was no option to choose partition sizes so all in all it could have been a lot worse / at least i've got a running Linux system.

Now there is a downside to all this Problems with some keys on the keyboard not funtioning properly ie:- showing wrong characters / also a keyring password window keeps poping up asking for a password ?

It says "an application wants access to the keyring "Default Keyring" but it is locked". ( any ideas on this)Also I have to manually connect to the Wi-Fi on every bootup.I have tried to change keyboard language to English UK but it reverts back to English US / there must be a way to do this i'm sure.any way it,s on and running / albeit not very good at the moment / needs a bit of work / any ideas.

Glad to hear you made some progress. You might want to investigate using Virtualbox to install Windows in a virtual machine. Then you can still put that Windows license to use without having to dual boot.

On your follow up issues, some or all of these things have been addressed elsewhere in the forum. Give the forum a quick search. If you don't see a similar thread with an answer, then make separate posts for these subsequent issues. Someone might have an answer (for example to your keyboard, keyring, or wifi adapter issue), but they may never see it because this post began talking about deleting partitions.

I'm pretty sure our UK brethren have seen your English UK keyboard issue before, but again, they might not see that you're needing help on this because of the title of this thread.

Sound advice and taken onboard / I,ve now sorted the key board problem / will search archive for solutions to other problems / since the original problem no longer exists I will mark as solved. Thanks.